KATHMANDU: The United States is providing additional DNA-testing supplies to Nepal Police to strengthen efforts to identify American citizens and other victims of the devastating floods in August. FBI Assistant Law Enforcement Attaché Riley Palmertree received two shipments of DNA-testing supplies this week. The supplies were manufactured by US-based company Thermo Fisher Scientific. The shipments […]

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Gold price rises, silver price falls in domestic market

Business & Economy

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Gold price rises, silver price falls in domestic market

KATHMANDU: Gold prices rose by Rs. 300 per tola in the domestic market today, while silver prices fell by Rs. 50 per tola. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the price of fine gold has been fixed at Rs. 283,500 per tola, while silver is priced at Rs. 3,930 per […]

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Toll collection to begin at Nagdhunga Tunnel on November 1

Education & Youth

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Toll collection to begin at Nagdhunga Tunnel on November 1

KATHMANDU: The Nagdhunga Tunnel Construction Project is set to begin collecting tolls from vehicles using the tunnel route from November 1. In a public notice issued today, the project stated that toll collection would begin in accordance with a decision by the Executive Committee of the Road Board Nepal. The government had previously fixed toll […]

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Flower traders in Kanchanpur optimistic as advance orders rise ahead of Tihar

Business & Economy

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Flower traders in Kanchanpur optimistic as advance orders rise ahead of Tihar

KANCHANPUR: Flower traders in Kanchanpur are optimistic as advance orders for flowers begin to arrive ahead of the Tihar festival. After facing losses in previous years due to a lack of markets and flowers rotting in their fields, local flower growers have welcomed the early demand this year. Sirjana Joshi of Bhimdatta Municipality-1, who has […]

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Floods disrupt apple transportation in Gorkha’s Manaslu region

Business & Economy

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Floods disrupt apple transportation in Gorkha’s Manaslu region

GORKHA: Apples produced in the Manaslu region of northern Gorkha have been stored in warehouses after floods along the Budhigandaki River washed away bridges and roads, disrupting transportation to markets. Businessman Lakpa Dundup Lama said farmers and traders have been forced to store their apples because there is no viable alternative for transporting them to […]

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Forex: US dollar, Kuwaiti and Bahraini dinars become expensive

World News

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Forex: US dollar, Kuwaiti and Bahraini dinars become expensive

KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank has fixed the exchange rates of foreign currencies for Thursday. According to the central bank, the exchange rates of some foreign currencies, including the US dollar, Australian dollar, Kuwaiti dinar and Bahraini dinar, have increased. However, the rates of some currencies, including the euro and pound sterling, have declined. On Wednesday, […]

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More than 20,000 tourists visit Chitwan National Park during Dashain

Technology

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More than 20,000 tourists visit Chitwan National Park during Dashain

CHITWAN: A total of 20,087 tourists visited Chitwan National Park during the Dashain festival, following the resumption of jeep safaris inside the park. According to Ganesh Tiwari, the park’s information officer, the visitors included 11,891 Nepali tourists, 7,365 foreign tourists and 831 visitors from SAARC countries. Tourists visit the park to observe its rare wildlife, […]

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Chapagain appointed Global Ambassador for the Grand Bargain

Technology

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Chapagain appointed Global Ambassador for the Grand Bargain

KATHMANDU: Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), has been appointed Global Ambassador for the Grand Bargain, a major global initiative aimed at making humanitarian action more effective, accountable, equitable and locally led. He was formally welcomed into the role at the 2026 Grand Bargain Annual […]

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Nepali Congress office bearers, central members to take oath today

Politics & Governance

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Nepali Congress office bearers, central members to take oath today

KATHMANDU: The office bearers and members of the Central Working Committee elected at the 15th General Convention of the Nepali Congress are scheduled to take their oaths of office today (Thursday). Party President Gagan Thapa had already taken the oath and assumed office on October 17, during the Dashain festival. According to Raju Katuwal, member-secretary […]

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At least 68 killed in high-speed train collision in central Spain

Technology

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At least 68 killed in high-speed train collision in central Spain

MADRID: At least 68 people have died and dozens more have been injured after two high-speed trains collided in central Spain. The crash occurred when a train travelling from Madrid to Seville struck a stationary train on the tracks, sending several carriages tumbling down an embankment. Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente said a computer system […]

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Cyclone ‘Arnab’ likely to trigger heavy rainfall today

Technology

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Cyclone ‘Arnab’ likely to trigger heavy rainfall today

KATHMANDU: Nepal is bracing for widespread rainfall and snowfall from today as Cyclone ‘Arnab’ brings the prospect of heavy to extremely heavy downpours across several provinces, prompting authorities to urge the public to remain alert. Rainfall is expected as the effects of a powerful cyclone ‘Arnab’, which originated in the Bay of Bengal and struck […]

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Jhapa administration urges public to remain vigilant for three days

Technology

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Jhapa administration urges public to remain vigilant for three days

JHAPA: The risk of flooding and inundation has increased in Jhapa and other parts of the country due to the impact of Cyclone Arnab, prompting the District Administration Office to urge the public to remain on high alert. According to information from the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and […]

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